> Probably shouldn't feed the troll, but heh...
whatever...
Just because I'm not on my knees choking on Obama you call
me a troll?
Where's your love for the Clintons? Are you that transparent
that you can just change messiahs at a heartbeat?
> > "And occasionally it finds voice in the
church on Sunday morning, in
> the pulpit and in the pews. The fact that so many
people are surprised
> to hear that anger
> > in some of Reverend Wright's sermons simply
reminds us of the old
> truism that the most segregated hour in American life
occurs on Sunday
> morning."
>
> And the full quote (below)... note how there is a
continuation of the
> thought that states (not merely suggests or implies,
but actually
> *states*) " That anger is not always productive;
indeed, all too
> often
> it *distracts attention from solving real problems;* it
keeps us from
> squarely facing our *own complicity in our condition*
> (emphasis mine)
>
> "And occasionally it finds voice in the church on
Sunday morning, in
> the pulpit and in the pews. The fact that so many
people are
> surprised
> to hear that anger in some of Reverend Wright's sermons
simply
> reminds
> us of the old truism that the most segregated hour in
American life
> occurs on Sunday morning. That anger is not always
productive; indeed,
>
> all too often it distracts attention from solving real
problems; it
> keeps us from squarely facing our own complicity in our
condition,
> and
> prevents the African-American community from forging
the alliances it
> needs to bring about real change. But the anger is
real; it is
> powerful; and to simply wish it away, to condemn it
without
> understanding its roots, only serves to widen the chasm
of
> misunderstanding that exists between the races. "
>
> Where Sam, is the racism? In it's full context, where
is it? Quote
> mining is a hell of a thing, eh?
I would have posted the whole thing but I thought you read
it.
So surprise, every black church is racist.
Racism is a distraction.
That justifies claiming all blacks are racist so get over
it?
>
> > "In fact, a similar anger exists within
segments of the white
> community"...
>
> And the quote, in context (not that Sam seems to gives
a rip about
> actual context)
>
> "In fact, a similar anger exists within segments
of the white
> community. Most working- and middle-class white
Americans don't feel
> that they have been particularly privileged by their
race. Their
> experience is the immigrant experience - as far as
they're concerned,
> no one's handed them anything, they've built it from
scratch. They've
> worked hard all their lives, many times only to see
their jobs
> shipped
> overseas or their pension dumped after a lifetime of
labor. They are
> anxious about their futures, and feel their dreams
slipping away; in
> an era of stagnant wages and global competition,
opportunity comes to
> be seen as a zero sum game, in which your dreams come
at my expense.
> So when they are told to bus their children to a school
across town;
> when they hear that an African American is getting an
advantage in
> landing a good job or a spot in a good college because
of an
> injustice
> that they themselves never committed; when they're told
that their
> fears about crime in urban neighborhoods are somehow
prejudiced,
> resentment builds over time."
>
> Where is the racism Sam?
Resentment? Hello? Resenting people of a different color is
raaaaacist!
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